Open AccessThe Cognitive Profile of Depressed Patients With Cirrhosis
Author(s) -
Campbell L. Stewart,
Felicity Enders,
Mary M. Mitchell,
Donna Felmlee-Devine,
Glenn E. Smith
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
primary care companion to cns disorders/the primary care companion for cns disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2155-7772
pISSN - 2155-7780
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.10m01090
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , medicine , depression (economics) , hepatic encephalopathy , beck depression inventory , neuropsychology , liver disease , creatinine , cognition , gastroenterology , psychiatry , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics
To determine whether patients with cirrhosis and depressive symptoms have a different neuropsychological cognitive profile from patients with cirrhosis without depressive symptoms in order to show that cirrhosis may not be the only cause for cognitive decline in patients with cirrhosis.